EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
hook, crook...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/GAN-tso/
FIL: Isang kagamitang metal na may kurbada o baluktot na dulo, ginagamit sa paghila, pag-angat, o pagsabit ng mga bagay.
EN: hook, crook
That big, mean-looking hook you see in butcher shops or on cranes. It's the pirate captain's replacement hand. Also used figuratively for cheating or illegal connections, like 'May gantso 'yan sa gobyerno kaya nakalusot.' (He has a hook in the government, that's why he got away with it.)
From Spanish 'gancho' (hook).
Can refer to a literal hook or figuratively to a cheat or an unfair advantage.
🇵🇭 Ginamit ng mangingisda ang gantso para hanguin ang malaking isda.
🇺🇸 The fisherman used the hook to pull up the big fish.
🇵🇭 Kilala siya sa paggamit ng gantso sa laro para manalo.
🇺🇸 He is known for using cheats in the game to win.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.